"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive." — C.S. Lewis

Democrat Jon Ossoff dismissed concerns Tuesday over the fact that he doesn’t live in the Georgia congressional district in which he’s running for a House seat.

“I grew up in this district; I grew up in this community — it’s my home. My family is still there,” Ossoff said during an interview on CNN’s “New Day.”

If having family in a district is enough to be a candidate, most people would have plenty of options to run. That’s not how it works, though. And no, I don’t care that he’s “10 minutes up the road,” and just living there to “support his girlfriend in medical school.”

Either a rule is enforced, or it’s not a rule. This is yet another example of how we are no longer a nation of laws. And that’s not going to end well for anybody, no matter what short-term advantages someone thinks they see.